Arsenic Lullaby

    (Silent, 1998-2004)
™ and ©1998 a. silent comics

A one-man show created by writer/artist Douglas Paszkiewicz, this anthology presents six stories distinquished from each other only in the details.

A pair of U.S. Census Bureau workers go to murderous extremes to keep the numbers accurate; a snowman refuses to give way to the reality of spring; a winged demon somehow ends up in a television commercial; a bodiless head is envious of his wife; and a cook must deal with finicky customers.

There’s not a lot of story in any of the shorts, and none contain enough depth to even pass as weak satire. In all, the book reads like one bleak bar story after another, which when combined with the raw art, grows tiresome. Paszkiewicz’ decision to take two of the stories and split them in half, with part one early on and part two later, is inexplicable and distracting.

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  12/1/1998 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $15.00 5 copies available from $15.00		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#2 Date:  3/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $11.50 1 copy available for $11.50		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#3 Date:  5/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $12.00 3 copies available from $8.00		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#4 Date:  7/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $21.00 1 copy available for $44.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#5 Date:  9/1/1999 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $10.50 1 copy available for $14.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#6 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $33.00 No copies available		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#7 Date:  1/1/2000 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $10.00 1 copy available for $9.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#8 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $10.00 1 copy available for $9.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#9 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $8.50 1 copy available for $2.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#10 Date:  5/1/2001 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $28.00 No copies available		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#11 Date:  6/1/2001 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $18.00 1 copy available for $7.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#12 Date:  7/1/2001 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $28.00 1 copy available for $9.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#13 Date:  1/1/2002 Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $42.00 1 copy available for $14.99	No number on cover; Jan/Feb issue	Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#14 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.95 NM Guide:  $10.50 No copies available		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#15 Date:  Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $47.00 1 copy available for $44.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#16 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.65 NM Guide:  $22.00 1 copy available for $7.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	#17 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.85 NM Guide:  $57.00 1 copy available for $19.99		Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	Book #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $19.99 NM Guide:  $19.99 No copies available	Collects stories from Arsenic Lullaby #12–17, The Arsenic Lullabies #1–2, Laughter of the Damned #1–3, and the Thousand Deaths of Baron Von Donut #1; ca. 2005	Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	Collector's Preview #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $0.00 NM Guide:  $5.00 No copies available	Limited to 100 copies; ca. 2002	Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz
	Christmas Special #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $2.50 NM Guide:  $41.00 1 copy available for $14.99	ca. 2000	Douglas Paszkiewicz	Douglas Paszkiewicz